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.^..., ,.....v:,.. ■ _ .Wmfr^w~MiP!'v'V.V^ C$£&&• fi\r S'*.i/g tough oncrime - D.C. stylefTl he pact couple of years have been a great time forI taw and order fang. Pirn, we had the daring.JL nighttime arrest of Rodney King in L.A. and themasterly handling of the ensuing riots.Next, we werepreaemed with the brilliant ambush of theWeaver family in Idaho, one of whom had comautted thewar crime of not showing up in court onacharge of tryingto seUasawed-offshotguntoafedecalagent.lt was carriedout atacoet of only two or three hves. Or was it four? Nevermind. It proved,,retoughCTribuneMedia SendeesDonaldKaulthat wetThen there wasthe Waco Apoca-lypse. which in asingle extendedepisode managedto combine thesalient character-istics of Pickett’sCharge, Custer'sLast Stand and theHenkel Jr.Lawmakers still don't get itTHE CURMUDGEON'S Calendar “Men becomecivilized not in proportion to their willingness to be-lieve. but in their readiness to doubt." - H.L. MenckenNOTE FROM my inside the Washington Beltwaycorrespondent. “I continue to watch with some amaze-ment Trillion Dollar Bill's metamorphosis from but-terflv to mink him P#»rhan« thn D*rtMkls/» will *>Leading lawmakers in Austin continue to insist that a football team or merely ” maintaining our identity” ESil iwtin?consolidationof *ho<*biteonly way u,sausfy dw UwugK«uio.y ld»yjSS2Srt S-MSSSfSX'aB^tsastSKsssasVoferrudd^o" to tile Robin Hood plan of shifting ------ „w. LT1*4!°<l' P'f "■ I”1 JUS^ gxP?ripn<yd an episode that also do- lion. Robin Hood was a fom of blactanaii. and ao 1 —’ ” ^°P* ^ ta’“ ^War of 1812.The Waco incident was noteworthy for the fact that itwas the first time that the principles of Clausewiiz’stheoryoftotalwarwoe applied to the serving of an wrest wananLI don't believe they’ve ever revealed exactly what thecharges were, although itis suspected that it had somethingto do with impersonating a foreign country______ *! Elions. Now our troops are all but gontfrom that be-aSS&SErS&stt3-—s»jffiseffl=3ss 3sSSSrSSSSSSs: SSSSSs^iSF*I. Port Ajrnnaas we're nol talking about just keeping Get .,7street, stick the shotgun through the window and... Bang! —-—------ ~~mhJ are a symbol of our cultural ties to Spain.’* Her refer-Onone occasion, April 1, he said “April Fools*’before he Get Off VOltf duffS tO SaV 'thanks'In an eisht-week neriod. rlwre wm« 1) rMinri.n . ... _ « * ....... Mary the Mouth needs learn something of Spanishnrl A W V A . fllAMI TT 8tean m ahawM . _ a a. - _ * _ ^ long residential streetHave you got all that? Eight weeks, eight shootings.I know what you're thinking. Why did the police let thisgo onfbr so long? Why didn’t they putaslop toil, or at leastslow it dowri? Funny you should ask.They couldn’t see a pattern in what the guy was doing.And since he was so unpredictable, they couldn’t catchhim. That's what they said. Honest.ers in voting Pre-cinct 19 which in-cludes PortAransas and afew miles downthe “islandroad”, and thereare more thaniiakC- °? *** wSott-asassssaasaBsa -a*»3'*y*sssasp»*>!“"-——I of the street, in plain Bght---------------------6 ~ jyji woMiiic ....uuiBui uic wuitcauiry. inrougnoui mat period sneU^OTe^olunte«bC '^^aMh^V* memberoof more was gradually superseded by the British, French andbeside their chairs, and just change hats as the group country. Insofar as is known to me. such descendants ofmoves from one volunteer effort to another. early Spanish settlers as exist in Texas littleFrom my vantage point at the editor’s desk, 1 see it claims to Iberian ties. Allan Ryder in his “Distantevery week. The behind-the-scenes, everyday, ordinary Neighbors” notes that no more than one percent ofpeople of our little community who have their shoulders Mexico’s people are of strong Spanish lineage thepressed to the grindstone are looking for no greater majority are of native Amarind, !«/««■«« stock ’ andglory than to make Port Aransas a better place to live mixed with assorted other narin*i«n^t and races,and visit. And they do it very well. These people have It is reasonable to note that the circumstance is inAransas has a permanent population of earned no small amount of our appreciation. *T contrast to that in the United States where at leastif f rifAllv 1 n/*fA/1iKla Ia aaimt 2K ,,■> Tf mioht iwAiia tn ka a maI a<8,_ ,l_ __—. aL_... — £• ^ ' a.aSpinoffMaryHenkelJudsonq^ier midnightchSXfi^b^S*2%this sp~i, was suggested OutCODS came on dutv.alahmit 1 nm Hrivinoririwn fKasama Pauvaaim ________f _ a _ ibe at best no more than half right. The'natives ofMexico, virtually annihilated by Spain, had their ownchair on sense of pride as well. Note if you please, we statesideon TV. Americans did an even more thorough job on eliminat-- ing native peoples.The mayoress would be well advised to recognizethat the Hispanics in her city, like their forebearerssince independence from Spain in 1821. have neverexhibited much affection for what was once the “oldcountry”. Rather more often distaste, and instead, amore sincere affinity to their native forebearers. In-deed it is reasonable to suggest that the lady spend a fewhours in research at her excellent public library. Fromthis distance I am inclined to suspect that Latinos who______________________________... _________ , „—; T—r ‘ «■*.ww •uyooc wmuu presume to be leaders will be likely disinclined to reiectaanre to be a Male. They argue that m> government so Coordinator for Pott Araniaa cotrwMr'oS mSUu^°V'ly ^ l0C*1 >ib™y *k"*in-mpeton. dtouid be a ««e. Library: best deal in town Rerhapr' he would consider joining dm votantoerOur public library provides incredible service and at.thc *‘taary front door (a la Walmart) as the future of this region.......■vw|aaiuvu wavK \jj aiiuwiu^ up urjurc uic -----Coverage appreciatedSherlock Holmes couldn't have caught this guy. A* usual, the South Jetty is to be commended forBut the D.C. copsdid. That very day. They arrested him coverage of the 7th Annual Great Texasfor "driving erratically.’'When they spotted the smoking Beach Trash-off. The South Jetty was listed as theshotgun in the back seat, they began to suspect something source o{ notification on many data cards. Articles byand one thing led to another. Carolyn Richards and former staff-member BethanyIs that great police work or what? Baker covered everything so well. Keep Port AransasIs this the Golden Age of Law Enforcement or when? Beautiful and I appreciate the great job you do.There are those who claim that the Shotgun Stalker Sincerely,incident proves that Washington, D.C., does not de- Pam GrccneLettersto the editorThaTs silly If governmental inco nete Liiutdi y. Debt Ucill III lOWIl Perhaps he would consider joining the volunteer. o™ RNOUOH , have haan Ctod -CUum.Francelle Lambertson——nwwaa m isavv uvvil wallvU V^llllli/llbasher". So be iL In the course of the past half year Ihave compared the American electorate with a fash-ionable young woman who, between a day's numeroussocial commitments, spends her time thinking only ofthft nPTt PfVBllimA oKa uiift rlAn Pknn»« J__•oi America and Texas would still be a republic —aumutuus. uuuncui me oesi values weNo, the saga of the shotgun stalker is an argument for *^i v* for tax dtdtajl.making D.C. a state. If it were a state, they’d have had a • thc ?VCT?° y^n 1 ^ been ^uenting Ubrar- p .state police force to put up roadblocks at either end of the ,cs- nowhere has the atmosphere been more cheerful, ™ri Aransaseight-block street. cooperauve and knowledgeable. Sea World WaS CTeat! «ctal commitments, spends her time thinking only ofIf all of this constitutes being tough on crime, put me in Po^Anms^ bTthis* S PEcf” *'v'® The fifth grade would like to thank all of the parents ^e word domi-ips mm~; W&W0szsrsrtf !ThittiSSS5As plans develop to enlarge this faciUty. we the ^ brought M hour of crisis in wiiichwe are on thezasaseSSSSS" —-•srsKsrrssssasHals ™ff to dreamers ^,JSKi5.“Js2,a:Cr *' gS3gar>->-">—*To all our friends: Pastor Richard Safford. Rick £°Ujc Fa[Iey ... ~ -- rmn grade studentH.G. Olsen Elementary SchoolSea World support"You mean like, ‘If I were disposed to stir your mindsand hearts to mutiny and rage...’"“Uh, forget it. Senator."School days,school days. . ..How to save theschooldays.Raatiag andraving and poli-tics. . . .studentsat risk from luna-tics!Kalke, Bill and RenaOtten, Buzz and Carolyn Kinney.Bob and Glenys Bean. Jack and Gwen Boyer, UnaFarley, Francelle Lambertson, and Mary Judson.A special thank you’ for your letters, newspaper .clippings, photos, and phone calls informing us of the Appreciatedchurch ground breaking ceremony. We are most ap-I In my morning newspaper an editorial page head-line: Intervention in Bosnia. Beneath it a questionfollowed by a statement, each from two respected NewYork Times columnists. From William Safire: “Whattook so long?” and Leslie Gclb: “Policy is not clear."I would refute neither writer, and to each the sameresponse. For the first time in more than 200 years theship of state is without a man at the helm and with no“Yeti. .you hem fewer ‘gollie gee’s’ ‘swdl! ’ ’neats’ for^euina on with it’ ° C0NGR ATULATIONS The students raised enough money through their bar- _1 *££ bought well upon what I am about to write:and’growMzzes’." * ’ itffiSi - <• .w w bccue dinner to pay the way for 45 students tnd six To William J. Clinton: Please for a single moment in^*irjx^i^toSSsSBBBBST——- SS^SSStsHtSSSt.in^tnn LZrrwntnfi^ nthLkl, pt.rk.!, _ are decent people. I have my doubts about the state and... . " iivurri yuu iiu pcopk* Julie rindlcv ’ _ 11 n®itofial ItsdCfih.'i) of their rcsnftrtiv£ fuirtiiiM